Characteristics
Pteridophytes
Thelypteris reptans (J.F.Gmel.)C.V.Morton
CREEPING STAR-HAIR FERN
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Recent taxonomies place this species in the genus Goniopteris (Almeida et al. 2016; PPG 2016).
Native
Rare-State
FACW (DEP)
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Classification
POLYPODIALES
Thelypteris reptans (J.F.Gmel.)C.V.Morton - CREEPING STAR-HAIR FERN
Citation
THELYPTERIS REPTANS (J. F. Gmelin) C. V. Morton, Amer. Fern J. 41: 87. 1951.
Polypodium reptans J. F. Gmelin 1791; Polypodium repens Swartz 1788, non Aublet 1775.
JAMAICA: Without data, Swartz s.n. (holotype: S; isotypes: B-W, UPS).
Species Distribution Map
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Specimens and Distribution
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